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The Moon on Sunday, October 24, 1926: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on October 24, 1926Waning Gibbous

Sunday 24 October 1926378,163 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 24, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.3% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
378,163 km234,979 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 1926 is on Thursday, October 21, 1926 at 05:15 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 5, 1926 at 14:34 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, October 21, 192605:15
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 28, 192610:57

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Sunday, October 24, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 6, 1926 to the new moon of November 5, 1926, a cycle of 29.68 days.